Kale, White Bean, and Farro Stew
This recipe is a spin on a classic Italian farro and bean soup, but heartier and with more vegetables! You can use chicken stock if you prefer. Garnish with Parmesan cheese.
INGRIDIENT
DIRECTION
Step: 1
Blend contents of 1 can cannellini beans with its liquid in a blender until pureed.
Step: 2
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir celery, carrots, Spanish onion, and leek in hot oil until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes; add garlic and continue cooking until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes more.
Step: 3
Stir farro into the vegetable mixture; add water, pureed cannellini beans, the drained cannellini beans, diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, zucchini, tomato paste, thyme, and red pepper flakes. Stir the mixture well and bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, place a cover on the pot, and simmer until the farro is tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Step: 4
Stir kale, salt, and pepper into the stew. Add more water to the stew if needed to keep everything covered in liquid and continue cooking until the kale is bright green and fully tender, about 30 minutes more.
NUTRITION FACT
Per Serving: 379 calories; protein 13.5g; carbohydrates 65.4g; fat 9g; sodium 1720.2mg.
The name of “stew” can refer to 2 time a food and a cooking method. Stewing makes slowly cooking chunks of meat, raw fruit or beans in a tastefull water based . It’s same as to braising, instead it makes have a few notable differences. The raw animal vested is chopped into smaller pieces but of being cooked all of it , and the water based material all of it covers the essential in a stew as compared to a braise’s halfway full . When meat or vegetables are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.
Stew has a reputation for making a rib-sticking meal that warms you up on a cold , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew does have warming featured food , but stew’s comfort factor goes way beyond preserving you from the cold . It’s all about those soft and chunks of meat and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The way they come together creates the ultimate comfort food, no matter the weather.
